The Majestic Beauty of Khao Sok National Park in Thailand
Khao Sok National Park is one of the stunning natural attraction in Thailand that has attracted many tourists around the world. The Khao Sok National Park is one of the most beautiful national park in Thailand that has a magnificent landscape with lush and virgin rainforest and is dotted by limestone mountains and rugged high cliffs. Because of this natural beautiful features, it this amazing place was declared as the 22nd national park in 1980 and is located in Southern Thailand. The Khao Sok National Park is part of the protected area of 4,400 square kilometers of mountains and jungle, with a 165 square kilometer reservoir. The Khao Sok National Park is situated in Surat Thani province in Thailand and is a 90 minute drive from Phuket Island.
The Khao Sok National Park is also known as the ‘Gui – Lin of Thailand’ because of its enchanting scenery, magnificent landscape, majestic natural attraction and biological diversity. Some say that the Khao Sok National Park is not really a rainforest but a tropical evergreen forest which is the home of many rare plants and animals. The Khao Sok National Park has a beautiful geography that this national park is covered by the oldest evergreen rainforest in the world, spectacular huge and high limestone mountains, stunning cliffs, caves, breathtaking deep valleys, beautiful waterfalls, lakes and wild animals.
Since The Khao Sok National Park is a virgin forest and known to be the oldest evergreen rainforest in the world, it host many rare animals like mammals, insects, birds, reptiles and etc. Large mammals such as the wild elephants, Gaur, Tapir, deer, cats and wild pigs can be found in this evergreen rainforest. You can also see leopard, mouse and barking deer, gibbon, tiger, bamboo rat, clouded leopard, malaysian sunber, tiger and many more. The Khao Sok National Park is great for bird lovers because they can see birds such as hornbill, swift, woodpecker and kingfisher.
The Khao Sok National Park has an exotic flora and fauna. There are various types of plants, trees and exotic vegetation that can be found in Khao Sok National Park. Some of plants and trees in this national park are very rare such as the Neobalanocarpus heimil a sacred tree specie. Other plants that tourists and visitors can see in the Khao Sok National Park includes Genus Hoper, Chisocheton and Anisoptera. Small bushes such as Rafflesia kerrii, palm, rattan, betel palm, and various types of bamboo can also be seen.
The Khao Sok National Park is a perfect place for tourists and visitors who loves nature. If you want an adventure travel in in nature where you are in a virgin forest with beautiful with lots of majestic scenery then you are looking for a place like the Khao Sok National Park. This place is excellent for people who wants to escape from the bustling city life and hectic busy schedules in the office. The Khao Sok National Park is so protected that the unspoiled beauty of nature can give a total relaxation to tourists and visitors.
There are lots of things and activities that Khao Sok National Park can offer. The possible activities that tourists and visitors will enjoy in their vacation in Khao Sok National Park in Thailand are elephant trekking, trekking on foot, paddling, kayaking, canoeing, mountain biking and jeep safaris. These activities will give tourists and visitors the chance to see the majestic scenery and natural beauty of the ecosystem of Khao Sok National Park. It also gives tourists and visitors a once of a lifetime experience being very close to nature. One of the best ways to experience the jungle is to canoe down the Sok river in inflatable canoes. One of the main attractions in the Khao Sok National Park is the eleven-tiered waterfall the Namtok Sip Ed Chan. But there are still a number of waterfalls and caves that is waiting for you to be explored and discovered in the Khao Sok National Park.
The park and other entrepreneurs provide bungalows, camping areas and raft-houses while accommodation owners normally provide food.